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DuffmanWFC wrote:
The permanent transfers of Abdi, Geijo, Vydra, Pudil, Ekstrand and Forestieri are so important for our club.
To tie these players down to us will be great as they have been brilliant this season.
We must also ship out the likes of Dickinson, Garner, Iwulumo, Jenkins and Forsyth for good to reduce wage bill as we will be signing the above permanently.
We do need a back up goalie or one that could mount competition for a place with Almunia as he is our only choice really at the moment.
A natural right sided attacking midfielder would be nice as it could give us some balance on that side of the pitch.
I would say a defensive, tough no frills, hard working midfielder would be great but that is Eustace so I can't wait till he is fit to play!
Lets see what happens?
I'm still undecided on Anya and Neuton as permenant deals and we haven't seen enough of Bottacchino or Franchone to cast judgement yet and as for Belleck... He might as well go as he is way behind Vydra, Deeney, Geijo and Forestieri for a place in the match day squad. No fault of his, that's the way it's gone... Especially if we sign the three loan strikers as permanents!
Looking forward to Saturday now! Come on you Orns!

Not convinced of the need to get a good experienced back up keeper.

Don't believe competition improves performance for a keeper like it does for an outfield player. Would Almunia play better with the fear of knowing that if he drops the next cross or shot he might be dropped? Its a confidence thing for a keeper, not a question of work rate/effort.

Plus we would not get a good experienced keeper who would be satisfied to just sit on the bench? Surely the way to go would be to get an emergency loan keeper in if Almunia was injured. We would get a better class of keeper for a guaranteed short period in the first team, than one to sit on the bench indefinitely."

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Nathaniel Chalobah to stay on loan at Watford from Chelsea until the end of the season

Nathaniel Chalobah will remain on loan at Watford until the end of the season.

Confirmation the 18-year-old, who has an enjoyed an impressive first half of the season for the Hornets, is not a surprise after Gianfranco Zola told the Watford Observer on Monday that "it looks like" the midfielder would stay at Vicarage Road for the remainder of the campaign.

The paperwork has now been completed and the England Under-21 player is also available to play for Watford in their FA Cup third round tie at Manchester City on Saturday.

Zola told Watford's official website: "It's great news for us. He has become an important player for us since he came to the club.

"His performances have been getting better and better so we are delighted Chelsea have decided to leave him here.

"It's good for Nathaniel and it's also good for Chelsea because he is getting a lot of benefit from this experience.

"It is a huge boost because if we want to keep improving and chasing the teams in front of us we need to have good players and Nathaniel is one of them."